Today 7 members of our rope rescue team were joined by 2 members from Holme Valley MRT, Owen Phillips and Kevin Robinson to take part in refreshing skills learned on the rope rescue operators course at Lyon Equipment in September this year

Team member Tony Dawson, willing volunteer to be a casualty

Owen and Kevin operating the Petzl ID under the beady eye of team training officer Mike WakerleyPreparing to lower the stretcher

. Skills concentrated on were passing a knot on lowering and raising, raising using pulley systems, vertical lower and raise using a “Barrow Boy” and deviations in the rope system. With Owen and Kevin visiting from Holme Valley it gave a great opportunity to share ideas and thoughts.

Final numbers 103 members of the public, at least 5 dogs, team members and approximately 40 people on horseback climbed Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to the Pike to climb the same height as Everest. So we managed to climb Everest twice. pic.twitter.com/vx13wRpn8E

We smashed 64 members of the public and 4 dogs have so far climbed the Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to climb the same height as Everest. Let’s see if we can get 100 people and climb it twice. pic.twitter.com/1FzzCRVet5

Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAwarepic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz